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WILLIAM I). UHLINenR AND 'JUSTUS DOERING,rv 0F PHILADELPHIA, y PENNSYLVANIA. i

v Letters Patent No. 104,378, 'dated .Tune 14,1870.

IMPRov'ED SEWING-MAGHINE covers.

v The Schedule referred to in'these Let'tes Patent and making part of the samev Tooll whom 'it may concern: l

.ence marked thereon.

so arranging y'the parts thatwhen the leaf is thrown downV its 4p'lace will be supplied by theback and ends g the top and front being designed to swing down out of the way.

. v .lhe letter A. of the drawing designates the stational-y portion of our table-top.

B represents the hinged'leaf, to which is rigidly se cured the back O of the box-cover. a

DD represent brackets attached to the under side of the table, and designed -tofsupport the hinged leaf when thrown down.

`'Ihe back Cof the Jox-cover is supported by the braces E, whichassist iii securing it to the hinged leaffand hence gvheu in position to fornrthe tabletop, it is remark 'bly strong and firm. y

FF designate the ends of the box-cover.` 'I hey are hinged to the back C bythe hinges z z, which are vso formed that the axes of the screws, which secure them to the wood-work, are parallel to the axes of pivotspins thereof. A A

A When thrown down the ends F F constitute the eornersof' the tabletop, and are supported and strengthened in position by the rib a'attached to the f leat' B. v 4

H designates thetop of the box-cover. It does not form a part of thetable-top, but is arranged to swing down behind out of theway when the machine is in operation. It is hinged to the back C.

K represent-s the front of the boxe-over, to which the lock is fastened. It is hinged to the top H in such a manner that when thrown back it may be folded up against the top H, thus bringing the pendent portion into vely small compass.

Grooves are made in the front K to receive the edges of the ends F F, and it will beapparent that when our box-cover is set up over the machine there will be no fissures or channels around the base thereof to admit dust or other extraneous matter.

`We are .well aware that folding tops have been used for sewing-machines; hence we do not desire to claim such broadly; but

,What we'claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y A 'lhefolding top for se\\ing=1nacl1ines herein doscribed, having hinged leaf B, with supporting rib a?, carrying the folding box-cover, tov which the back C is rigidly attached by braces E, and the ends F hinged to the'back by the plate-hinges z, all constructed and arranged to operate in the manner and for the purposes shown and described.

In testimony that we, claim the above, we have hereuntosubscribed our names, in the presence of' two witnesses.

l W. P. UHLINGER.

JUS'PUS DOERIN G.

Witnesses:

W. F. PRATT, H. IDIENELT. 

